Taking in account the vast amount of copycat-all-sounding-alike albums coming out these days that’s something I can only respect. In conclusion: X-Dream is not afraid to take some risks with there work. I think they missed the ball a little bit with that one. I’d like to say one thing about the “Fluke remix” I think it’s a nice, original track with the Ragga feel and all but it sounds like a remix from a different track. On the other hand “We Interface” sounds overwhelming on a big system so play it loud! It sounds different then ‘usual’ and I’m nut sure yet if that’s a good thing or not. For some smaller systems the overall sound is somewhat difficult to handle. One thing about the album I’m still not sure about is the mastering. I’ve seen the title track “We Interface” do wonders on the dance floor several times all ready, I very strongly believe that’s partially because of the vocals. The “cyberspace-quantum-Xray-science fiction” subject might not appeal to everyone but I think the vocals ad value to the tracks and (for me) they are very well produced. Ok, some of the more minimalistic tracks are not really my taste but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t very good tracks, produced with an eye for detail and originality. I’ve been listening and analyzing there album for some time now and I think it’s simply genius. For me it was the best Psy-live-act I’ve ever seen and heard.Īs for the album ok, they took some risks, but hey, I’m not the one to hold that against them. I think I would have found it (only) very funny if the sound that came out of the speakers at that time wasn’t that f*ng genius. Having a long legged blonde girl in a latex suit crawl over the stage on a Psy-Festival seems to be difficult to swallow for some people. I saw (heard) X-Dreams live act on Transit this summer and I realized that they would stir up a discussion within the scène with there act. It's crystal clear to me that they failed big time with this new release. But in my opinion they overdid it and now stand out as a band that maybe should take a break and seek other inspiration instead of trying to create something "spetacular". And something to say! This latest CD is an atempt to be "different". I deffinently prefer X-dream's earlier work where it's obvious they still had something unique over them. If deep basses, a few scratchy sounds and a few breakbeats combined with computervoices partly taken from a Macintosh computer (voices that's been used on Mac's since Mac OS version 8.5) makes X-Dream groundbreaking then I am sorry to say our scene, or should I say the people involved in the scene?, indeed lack a basic understanding of the term groundbreaking! The music is not at all "fresh"in my opinion but borrowed from various sources of original and truely groundbreaking music dating back to the early 80's and forward! The effects and sounds have been used many many times before. Yes the production is clear and very polished but in my opinion not that amazing. I have now listened to the Cd a few times and I have a very hard time understanding how people would ever consider this groundbreaking. If you liked Irritant or have seen them live lately and liked it you will most certainly like this kick-ass album. This is a typical play-as-loud-as-you-can-album Their new member, you know the girl who sings sometimes, is contributing with some nice elements to some of their tracks. This album will probably work 10 times better on the dancefloor then in your home. But that is all we need because these tracks is exploding with power. The tracks arent long, around 5-6 minutes. It's some kind of mix between psy/techno/electro/whatever. It's almost closer to electronica/techno then it is to psytrance. So what have happend since Irritant? They have kept Irritants basic formula with a kinda minimal dark sound. X-Dream is back after two years of silence.
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